Szernie | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°41′N 23°18′E / 52.683°N 23.300°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Bielsk |
Gmina | Orla |
Szernie [ˈʂɛrɲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Orla, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 49 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.
It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.
Coordinates: 52°41′N 23°18′E / 52.683°N 23.300°E